S. 954, Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013
H.R. 1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013H.R. 2410 and S. 1244, agriculture appropriations for 2014 fiscal year in program funding for USDA APHIS, ARS, FSA and FAS
Budget resolution for 2014 fiscal year
H.R. 943 and S. 446, the Crop Insurance Subsidy Reduction Act of 2013
H.R. 1644, legislation to prohibit USDA from making payments to the Brazilian Cotton Institute
Communications with House and Senate Agriculture Committees regarding support for crop insurance
Communications with House and Senate leadership regarding immigration reform
S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013
Communications with USTR, USDA and USAID concerning the West African Cotton Improvement Program and Cochran Fellowship Program
Doha Round multilateral trade negotiations, specifically concerning U.S. negotiating positions with respect to trade in agricultural products and disciplines on domestic support for agriculture
Communications with USDA, USTR and Congress concerning the WTO trade dispute with Brazil
Communications with USTR and Congress regarding Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and yarn forward rule of origin
U.S.-E.U. free trade agreement negotiations
Contacts with USTR, USDA and Department of Commerce regarding Peruvian investigation of U.S. agricultural subsidies
Companion bills: H.R. 935, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013; and S. 802, Sensible Environmental Protection Act of 2013
S. 175, a bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve the use of certain registered pesticides
H.R. 311 and S. 496, the Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act
Implementation of Title VII of H.R. 4173, DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission regarding the impacts of Chinese cotton policy
Issues related to the use and registration of crop protection products in communications with EPA Office of Pesticide Programs
Contacts with the Administration and Congress concerning labor contract negotiations for West Coast and East Coast/Gulf Coast ports
H.R. 1648 and S. 665, bills to reform the Occupational Safety and Health Act
OSHA proposed rule to revise its Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting regulations
Development of OSHA rule for combustible dust
Implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510)Contacts with EPA regarding pollinator risk assessment for pesticide registrations for cotton
EPA proposed revisions to national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter
Contacts with EPA regarding the cottonseed petition for a Renewable Identification Number
Contacts with USDA, USTR and Department of State on issues related to international cotton contract defaults
Issues related to USDA-FSA cotton flow reports
Issues related to USDA-FSA approval of specification recommendations for cotton bale packaging materials
Contacts with USDA-RMA regarding cotton crop insurance products
Comments to USDA-AMS regarding cotton classification fees
Letters to the Senate Agriculture Committee in support of the nominations of Krysta Harden for Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and Robert Bonnie for Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment at USDA
Letter to the White House in support of the nomination of Jason Weller for Chief of the Natural Resource Conservation Service at USDA

S. 954, Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013
H.R. 1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013H.R. 2410 and S. 1244, agriculture appropriations for 2014 fiscal year in program funding for USDA APHIS, ARS, FSA and FAS
Budget resolution for 2014 fiscal year
H.R. 943 and S. 446, the Crop Insurance Subsidy Reduction Act of 2013
H.R. 1644, legislation to prohibit USDA from making payments to the Brazilian Cotton Institute
Communications with House and Senate Agriculture Committees regarding support for crop insurance
Communications with House and Senate leadership regarding immigration reform
S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013
Communications with USTR, USDA and USAID concerning the West African Cotton Improvement Program and Cochran Fellowship Program
Doha Round multilateral trade negotiations, specifically concerning U.S. negotiating positions with respect to trade in agricultural products and disciplines on domestic support for agriculture
Communications with USDA, USTR and Congress concerning the WTO trade dispute with Brazil
Communications with USTR and Congress regarding Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and yarn forward rule of origin
U.S.-E.U. free trade agreement negotiations
Contacts with USTR, USDA and Department of Commerce regarding Peruvian investigation of U.S. agricultural subsidies
Companion bills: H.R. 935, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013; and S. 802, Sensible Environmental Protection Act of 2013
S. 175, a bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve the use of certain registered pesticides
H.R. 311 and S. 496, the Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act
Implementation of Title VII of H.R. 4173, DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission regarding the impacts of Chinese cotton policy
Issues related to the use and registration of crop protection products in communications with EPA Office of Pesticide Programs
Contacts with the Administration and Congress concerning labor contract negotiations for West Coast and East Coast/Gulf Coast ports
H.R. 1648 and S. 665, bills to reform the Occupational Safety and Health Act
OSHA proposed rule to revise its Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting regulations
Development of OSHA rule for combustible dust
Implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510)Contacts with EPA regarding pollinator risk assessment for pesticide registrations for cotton
EPA proposed revisions to national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter
Contacts with EPA regarding the cottonseed petition for a Renewable Identification Number
Contacts with USDA, USTR and Department of State on issues related to international cotton contract defaults
Issues related to USDA-FSA cotton flow reports
Issues related to USDA-FSA approval of specification recommendations for cotton bale packaging materials
Contacts with USDA-RMA regarding cotton crop insurance products
Comments to USDA-AMS regarding cotton classification fees
Letters to the Senate Agriculture Committee in support of the nominations of Krysta Harden for Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and Robert Bonnie for Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment at USDA
Letter to the White House in support of the nomination of Jason Weller for Chief of the Natural Resource Conservation Service at USDA

H.R. 8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act (extension for 2013 of most provisions of H.R. 2419, the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008)
Development of new farm legislation
Agriculture appropriations for 2014 fiscal year in program funding for USDA APHIS, ARS, FSA and FASBudget resolution for 2014 fiscal year
Proposed agricultural amendments to S. Con. Res. 8
S.388, the American Family Economic Protection Act
Legislation by Senators McCaskill and Flake to terminate agricultural direct payments beginning with the 2013 crop year
S. 281, the Farm Program Integrity Act of 2013
H.R. 943 and S. 446, the Crop Insurance Subsidy Reduction Act of 2013
Communications with House and Senate Agriculture Committees regarding support for crop insurance
Communications with House and Senate leadership regarding immigration reform
Communications with USTR, USDA and USAID concerning the West African Cotton Improvement Program and Cochran Fellowship Program
Doha Round multilateral trade negotiations, specifically concerning U.S. negotiating positions with respect to trade in agricultural products and disciplines on domestic support for agriculture
Communications with USDA, USTR and Congress concerning the WTO trade dispute with Brazil
Communications with USTR and Congress regarding Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and yarn forward rule of origin
U.S.-E.U. free trade agreement negotiations
Contacts with USTR, USDA and Department of Commerce regarding Peruvian investigation of U.S. agricultural subsidies
H.R. 935, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013
S. 175, a bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve the use of certain registered pesticides
H.R. 311 and S. 496, the Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act
Implementation of Title VII of H.R. 4173, DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Communications with U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission regarding Chinas compliance with WTO commitments and trade barriers to cotton exports
Legislation re-authorizing the EX-IM bank and financing US exports of textiles and apparel products
Issues related to the use and registration of crop protection products in communications with EPA Office of Pesticide Programs
Comments to US Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the consideration of listing the Lesser Prairie Chicken as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act
Contacts with the Administration and Congress concerning labor contract negotiations for West Coast and East Coast/Gulf Coast portsOSHA proposed rule to revise its Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting regulations
Development of OSHA rule for combustible dust
Implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510)
Contacts with EPA regarding pollinator risk assessment for pesticide registrations for cotton
EPA proposed revisions to national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter
Meeting with EPA regarding cottonseed petition for a Renewable Identification Number
Issues related to Indias restrictions on cotton fiber and yarn exports
Meetings with USDA, USTR and Department of State on issues related to international cotton contract defaults
Issues related to USDA-FSA cotton flow reports
Issues related to USDA-FSA approval of specification recommendations for cotton bale packaging materials
Contacts with USDA-RMA regarding cotton crop insurance products

H.R. 8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act (extension for 2013 of most provisions of H.R. 2419, the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008)
Development of new farm legislation
Agriculture appropriations for 2014 fiscal year in program funding for USDA APHIS, ARS, FSA and FASBudget resolution for 2014 fiscal year
Proposed agricultural amendments to S. Con. Res. 8
S.388, the American Family Economic Protection Act
Legislation by Senators McCaskill and Flake to terminate agricultural direct payments beginning with the 2013 crop year
S. 281, the Farm Program Integrity Act of 2013
H.R. 943 and S. 446, the Crop Insurance Subsidy Reduction Act of 2013
Communications with House and Senate Agriculture Committees regarding support for crop insurance
Communications with House and Senate leadership regarding immigration reform
Communications with USTR, USDA and USAID concerning the West African Cotton Improvement Program and Cochran Fellowship Program
Doha Round multilateral trade negotiations, specifically concerning U.S. negotiating positions with respect to trade in agricultural products and disciplines on domestic support for agriculture
Communications with USDA, USTR and Congress concerning the WTO trade dispute with Brazil
Communications with USTR and Congress regarding Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and yarn forward rule of origin
U.S.-E.U. free trade agreement negotiations
Contacts with USTR, USDA and Department of Commerce regarding Peruvian investigation of U.S. agricultural subsidies
H.R. 935, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013
S. 175, a bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve the use of certain registered pesticides
H.R. 311 and S. 496, the Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act
Implementation of Title VII of H.R. 4173, DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Communications with U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission regarding Chinas compliance with WTO commitments and trade barriers to cotton exports
Legislation re-authorizing the EX-IM bank and financing US exports of textiles and apparel products
Issues related to the use and registration of crop protection products in communications with EPA Office of Pesticide Programs
Comments to US Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the consideration of listing the Lesser Prairie Chicken as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act
Contacts with the Administration and Congress concerning labor contract negotiations for West Coast and East Coast/Gulf Coast portsOSHA proposed rule to revise its Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting regulations
Development of OSHA rule for combustible dust
Implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510)
Contacts with EPA regarding pollinator risk assessment for pesticide registrations for cotton
EPA proposed revisions to national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter
Meeting with EPA regarding cottonseed petition for a Renewable Identification Number
Issues related to Indias restrictions on cotton fiber and yarn exports
Meetings with USDA, USTR and Department of State on issues related to international cotton contract defaults
Issues related to USDA-FSA cotton flow reports
Issues related to USDA-FSA approval of specification recommendations for cotton bale packaging materials
Contacts with USDA-RMA regarding cotton crop insurance products